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  1. nickymd1

    Te Araroa - forum / info / planning

    Hey Mo! So glad to hear that there are other 'crazy people' like myself interested in doing the Te Araroa, and someone based in Europe no less! I intend to hike SOBO from Cape Reinga starting late October or early November 2023 too (W43/44). I will likely have a bit more time than you do but...
  2. nickymd1

    7 days Irun to Bilbao and Guggenheim, eliminate a stage?

    Hey Howzer, You've gotten plenty of good advice above but some stages are more easily combinable than others so I wanted to mention that I would also say it is 100% possible to do Irun to Bilbao in 6 days (I actually walked from Hendaye and managed it) Here are the stages and distances I did. A...
  3. nickymd1

    Free walking poles in Málaga! Until 10am 24.10

    Hey all, I finished my 4th Camino a couple of weeks back and am flying out of Málaga tomorrow after a bit of holiday - and packing this morning I suspect my bag is too heavy. I bought a pair of cheap Decathlon poles in Vigo as replacements and would be willing to donate them to any pilgrim who...
  4. nickymd1

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Mozárabe, Almería to Granada

    Slightly off topic but I fly out of Málaga tomorrow after completing my Camino and I have a pair of decathlon walking poles to donate. Does anyone starting today/tomorrow want them?
  5. nickymd1

    Will I regret skipping Porto to Vila do Conde?

    Hi all, I've spontaneously decided I need to do a Camino this year and since time is short (and I'm not Primitivo fit) the Portugues looks like the ideal option. I'm only interested in the Coastal (at least until Baiona, at which point I'm told it gets urban). I have 12.3 days and would like to...
  6. nickymd1

    Earning and presenting multiple Compostelas in Santiago

    Please, please don't remove the Norte from the list. It's unlike any of the other Caminos in the very best way and if anyone ever said to me they could only choose one Camino to do for a lifetime, I would always recommend the CdN. There are plenty of ways to cut a few days here and there on the...
  7. nickymd1

    Camino del Norte in 28 days. Start in Bilbao or start in Irun and skip some stages?

    I wanted to quickly follow up my earlier post with this video which was filmed around the same time I walked my CdN and Aurimas/Patriot's Day 1 starts exactly where mine did. It is the best video I've seen yet in terms of capturing the feeling of walking the CdN (but in Autumn/Fall rather than...
  8. nickymd1

    Camino del Norte in 28 days. Start in Bilbao or start in Irun and skip some stages?

    Please start in Irun. I walked the Norte in 31 days in 2017. The Basque country (Irun-Bilbao) was my favourite section, even though yes, there are lovely 2-3 stage sections in the rest of the walk. It's the only part I would absolutely not skip if I did the CdN again. If you're willing to walk a...
  9. nickymd1

    Walks in Germany

    160km, give or take
  10. nickymd1

    Bikers on the Norte

    The bike route on the Norte tends to run parallel rather than on the walking trail. You'll see signs regularly that lead the bici pilgrims one way and the pied pilgrims in another. Particularly in the Basque country, the walking route is not suitable for bikes and, generally, the Norte is very...
  11. nickymd1

    Meseta vs Karoo...

    It's so interesting to hear you say that because I also walked in April and I found it so... brown. Very little had sprouted and the wheat was barely 5cm high, so between dusty roads, a few dark and rainy days, some recently-tilled fields and stark, neverending roads, walking the meseta after...
  12. nickymd1

    Mixed-method Camino - no distance certificate/compostela?

    Hi all, Does anyone know if one is still technically eligible for a distance certificate if one mixes modes? I started walking the 'real' camino from my front door last year and would like to walk the rest of Jakobsweg through to France next spring. I'm seriously considering switching to my...
  13. nickymd1

    Meseta vs Karoo...

    I wanted to update this quickly for any pilgrims who are asking themselves the same question. To be honest, I didn't like the meseta. But I think I didn't like it because I started there, not because it is in-and-of-itself hard, boring, dry, ugly, or any of the other ways I've heard it...
  14. nickymd1

    Designing a Mobile App for the Camino Paths north of France

    Go, Kitz, go! This is a really cool project. I've walked the Jakobsweg from Berlin to Naumburg via Leipzig and found it expensive, hard to navigate, lonely and beautiful. I totally understand what you mean and I hope your project is a roaring success! Grüße aus Berlin!
  15. nickymd1

    Bladder vs water bottle

    On my CdN in summer 2017 I had a 1.5L bladder and on my CF this year I had a aluminium bottle with a 'straw head' such that I could sip as I went, as one does with a bladder. I'll never walk a Camino without the ability to sip as I walk, regardless of the time of year, plus unless your pack...
  16. nickymd1

    Overthinking Camino number 2...

    Hope you went with the trail shoes! Too cold for sandals, too paved for boots. Buen Camino! I'm jealous of you on the Norte!
  17. nickymd1

    Meseta 2019

    Not the point of your post, but this brought me to tears. The truth of it is staggering.
  18. nickymd1

    What A-R-E You Eating???

    It is absolutely possible to walk the Camino keto if you avoid group meals that you don't cook yourself! It became one of my camino party tricks - cook the dinner so I could always know what's in it ;) Add some bread or potatoes for everyone else and you're golden. Or you eat cold and hearty...
  19. nickymd1

    Burgos, April 2019

    Hi Miriam and Kate! I'll be arriving in Burgos on the 12th with plans to start on the 13th after a visit to the Cathedral in the morning. Any chance you're up for sharing a hotel room or Airbnb? I'll be arriving too late (21:45) to get into an Albergue (and still have any friends left thereafter...
  20. nickymd1

    Overthinking Camino number 2...

    This was exactly my thought process. I want to do the Norte again but need to have other experiences of the Camino before I go back. People always said I must walk the Meseta, so that's my plan. Both Great and Different.

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